08-29-2014, 03:24 AM
(08-29-2014, 02:36 AM)fogglethorpe Wrote: Normally, haiku is free from literary devices like ambiguity, metaphor, etc. But it's not a deal breaker.
A few haiku from master Issa seem to disagree:
the mother eats
the bitter parts -
mountain persimmons
this world of dew
is only a world of dew -
and yet
the spring rain -
a little girl teaches
the cat to dance
my old home
everywhere I touch -
thorns
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions